Chapter 449: Why worry about innocence
"Good. The decree of the palace is to immediately search the Penglai Palace. ”
As soon as these words fell, the palace maids and attendants who were originally guarding outside all rushed in, and after saluting Empress Xu, they began to search the entire Penglai Palace.
Concubine Hui and Meng Gui, who were suspects for the time being, sat calmly and looked at the palace maids who were rummaging through the cabinets in Penglai Palace, with a hint of ridicule in their eyes.
In the large and small places in Penglai Palace, these people did not mean to let go, including the places where several palace maids lived, and some people also went in to search. Regardless of whether the object was valuable or not, as long as they felt that something was wrong, those people turned it out and threw it in front of the temple, so that everyone could see if there was anything wrong with it.
Even the flower pots and ponds did not forget to smash them open, or go down to the pond to salvage them to see if they can find anything that is tired of everything.
Concubine Hui, who was watching coldly, watched them throw all the items in the palace on the ground, and the broken porcelain on the ground and the silk satin that had been trampled to pitch black, and her eyes became more and more sneering. glanced at Empress Xu, who was sitting on the main seat with a smile in his eyes, and couldn't help but let out an inaudible sigh.
Now think about it carefully, if it weren't for the death of Empress Lu of Yuan, I'm afraid that it would not be her turn to be the queen. Although on the surface, it seems that Empress Xu is virtuous and generous, but in fact, in the eyes of the old man in the palace, this Empress Xu is not a person who is easy to get along with, and those things that kill palace maids are not less. Moreover, if Empress Xu had been smarter, she would not have lost so many times in the hands of the Rong family.
The concubines in the hall had different expressions, and they originally came to see the excitement. The queen came to Penglai Pavilion to find the brow of the emperor's new favorite, and after tossing for so long, she didn't find any evidence of the so-called disgusting thing, wasting an afternoon in vain.
Seeing that each of these people under his hand turned out the so-called evidence, Xu couldn't help it. But now is not the time to give up, and we need to wait. When the wind blows, the evidence should come out.
Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Concubine Hui, who was still calm, and Hou Xu's silver teeth bit slightly, and the palace wanted to see how long you could hold on.
"Niangniang, it's just that the inner hall hasn't been checked. The big guys are waiting for your will," Wang Shi, the personal grandmother beside Empress Xu, stepped forward and said slowly.
"Don't hurry up and check it out for this palace!"
"Wait. Queen, do you really want to continue to investigate?" Hearing this, Concubine Hui Guifei walked up to Xu Hou and said in a soft tone, "Even if the things inside are not something you can afford, you have to continue to investigate?"
"Of course, you have to check, if you don't check the palace, it won't be a loss to the emperor. Why is Concubine Hui, are you scared? If you confess your sins now. This palace can let His Majesty keep your whole body. Seeing Concubine Hui's words to dissuade her, Xu was overjoyed.
After hearing this, Concubine Hui's eyes were stained with sadness, and then she shook her head and sighed, "Of course I'm not afraid, since you want to investigate, you have to investigate thoroughly, not to mention that this matter is related to the reputation of the concubine." Otherwise, Niangniang will find out clearly, I am afraid that Niangniang will not be able to convince the public in the future, but the concubine still hopes that Niangniang will not regret the decision just now. ”
Hearing this, Empress Xu sneered, and then ordered Mama Wang to take someone to search the inner hall, and the concubines looked in anticipation as if they all looked in the direction of the inner hall. After a while, I heard a crackling sound of something falling to the ground, followed by a familiar roar. dm
When this voice came, everyone's faces changed, except for Hui Guifei and Meng Yige, who smiled at the corners of their mouths.
Unable to allow Empress Xu to ask Hui Guifei the reason again, she rushed into the inner hall desperately, followed by Hui Guifei and Meng Yige.
As soon as he entered the inner hall, he jumped down, and Mama Wang led a group of palace maids to kneel on the ground. And Emperor Li stood not far away with his hands in his hands, all full of anger, and looked at Emperor Li's line of sight, and Empress Xu's eyes fell on the spirit card that fell to the ground not far away, which clearly stated the spiritual position of the late concubine Yan Wan of the Great Calendar.
Looking around, Xu found that this should be the place where Hui Guifei used to worship the Buddha on weekdays, not to mention the tribute now, even the statue of Guanyin was broken apart and scattered on the ground, and the only intact Guanyin head also had a crack on it, and Xu Hou felt cold all over his body, and he moved his eyes in panic and bowed to Emperor Li.
"Queen, what happened in this palace to make you come to Penglai Palace?" Emperor Li turned around and his cold gaze fell on Empress Xu.
"Returning to Your Majesty, the concubine received a secret report from the palace." Empress Xu raised her head at Emperor Shangli's scrutinizing gaze, and her tone was gentle, "The person who reported the news said that Concubine Hui Guifei was doing something rebellious in the palace. The concubine thought that His Majesty's recent physical discomfort was not caused by some ghostly means performed by Concubine Hui, so she specially brought someone to Penglai Palace to find out the truth. ”
Hearing this, Emperor Li kicked at Mama Wang, who was on the side, and reprimanded: "Presumptuous! I am the true dragon and the son of heaven, how can those ghosts hurt me. Queen, as the master of the harem, you can't share your worries for me, and you still believe in the warlock's nonsense here. Are you trying to me off to death? ”
"Your Majesty is angry! The concubines didn't dare to ...... The concubine was only too worried about His Majesty's safety, so she acted like this. What's more, if the evidence is not conclusive and the evidence is still there, how dare the concubine bother you. After the words fell, she couldn't help but clench her fists, obviously she got the news that Emperor Li had left Penglai Palace. Why did it appear here again, and what went wrong?
"I'd like to see what kind of witness you have." Saying that, Emperor Li brushed his sleeves and walked out, and when Emperor Li passed in front of Meng Yige, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.
Empress Xu stood up, glanced at Concubine Hui and Meng Yige with a smile, snorted coldly, and walked out behind Emperor Li. Obviously, the atmosphere in the hall was very wrong.
Emperor Li's cold gaze swept over the concubine who was kneeling on the ground, and before Empress Xu could speak, he heard him reprimand angrily, "What does it look like to be noisy?" Do you like to watch the excitement? I don't know if I can solve my worries and solve problems, even if I know that there is no end to the right and wrong of provoking, you still don't let me go. ”
The concubines, who never thought that Emperor Li would be so angry, retreated after saluting, leaving only Concubine Hui and the two of them and Empress Xu in the palace looking at each other and laughing.
Empress Xu frowned, as if thinking about something. Obviously, Emperor Li's words just now were aimed at her, and she was saying that she didn't know how to do things and couldn't even manage a harem, and she knew that there was no end to it. Thinking of this, Xu Hou clenched his fists, and a smile on his lips condensed slightly.
"Queen, didn't you say that the evidence is conclusive? I ask you where the evidence is! ”
"Your Majesty, didn't you see it just now?" Empress Xu suppressed her anger and said softly.
Hearing this, Emperor Li looked at Empress Xu suspiciously, "What did I see?"